2013 Charity Times Awards winners announced

Written by Special reporter

17/10/13

The 2013 Charity Times Awards were celebrated last night at a glittering and sector leading event in London attended by over 650 of the sector’s most senior people.

Andrew Holt, editor of Charity Times, said: "It was an outstanding evening. The quality of the shortlist this year was the highest ever.

"The Charity Times Awards show the sector at its very best: each shortlist is a high quality mark in excellence. One of the judges remarked to me, the awards shortlist makes you proud to be part of the sector."

The shortlist and category winners in full:Charity of the Year: with an income of less than £1million
Bag Books
Brightside
Busoga Trust
Bromley Mencap
Create (Arts)
St Petrock's
TwentyTwenty
SkyWay
Yorkshire MESMAC
Winner: Yorkshire MESMAC
“A very thoughtful, innovative approach, with an amazingly impressive impact.”

Charity of the Year: with and income between £1million and £10million
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Royal Free Charity
Missing People
Westminster House Youth Club
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
Living Streets
Halton Haven Hospice

Winner: Alzheimer’s Research UK
“Tremendous evidence of a record income, advances in research and winning major support from government.”

Highly Commended: Living Streets
“Showed great growth in its aims of influence, impact and income.”

Charity of the Year with and income of more than £10million
Concern Universal
Horder Heathcare
Stroke Association
StepChange Debt Charity
Muslim Aid
Royal British Legion Industries
Victim Support

Highly Commended: The Cybersmile Foundation
“Deserves special praise as a new charity to combat cyber-bullying, set-up and run by volunteers who themselves have been affected and using innovative methods.”

Winner: Kate Lee
“Clear top quality leadership is evident through some fantastic success in the organisation’s growth and new, highly innovative developments throughout the charity. A clear rising sector star.”

Highly Commended: Sonal Shah
“Excellent leadership is highlighted in an impressive increase in income and obvious passion.”

Fundraising Team of the Year
Action Against Hunger
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Cancer Research UK
MacIntyre
The Myton Hospices
SPANA
Winner: Action Against Hunger
“An amazing example of fundraising as its very best.”

Winner: Henny Braund, chief executive, Anthony Nolan
“Clear evidence of inspirational leadership, a doubling of income, and developing an ambitious strategy to double the number of lives saved.”

Highly Commended: Dr Denise Barrett-Baxendale, chief executive, Everton in the Community
“Tremendous vision and leadership has helped to generate some of the most inspiring and impactful community outcomes for the charity.”

Highly Commended: Body & Soul
“Effectively raised an important and neglected issue on a small budget.”

Best Use of the Web
Support through Sport UK
Personal Finance Education Group
VisitWoods/The Woodland Trust
Lessons from Africa/Send a Cow/Positive
Bridging the Gap/Inclusion Trust
Don't Cover It Up/Refuge

Winner: Refuge: Don’t Cover it Up
“Delivered an extraordinary return, reaching 73 million people worldwide in over 40 countries, with over a million views on YouTube, 30,000 shares on Facebook, 10,000 tweets and 3,000 mentions in blogposts. All this from a very small budget.”

Highly Commended
Send a Cow: Lessons from Africa
“A detailed understanding of the target market combined an appreciation of how the digital channel can bring about unprecedented opportunities for engagement, resulting in a website refresh that is delivering exponential returns.”

Winner: Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - Trailblazers
“A niche campaign that leveraged the power of real voices and stories, underpinned by skilful coaching and management of its spokespeople and a strong emphasis on stakeholder partnerships, it saw fantastic results.”

Highly Commended: Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.
“A perfect example of how not to sit on your laurels: its team proactively jumped on a valuable source for generating spin off coverage and new dialogue across all media and all regions.”

Highly commended: Alcohol Concern
“A difficult subject tackled in a modern social way. Meticulous planning to develop the event Dry January with superb supporting infrastructure and social media facilitation.”

Winner: UK Youth/ Microsoft UK
“A strong partnership: what was so impressive was how the staff of corporate company ‘went the extra mile’ to provide practical support, mentoring, training and equipment to make this a very successful partnership.”

Winner: Marine Conservation Society/Marks & Spencer
“A strong charity/business partnership with potential to have powerful impact on the charity mission while also involving a business in changing the way it does business.”

Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Financial Institution
Save the Children/Lloyds Banking Group
Citizens UK/KPMG
Money Advice Trust/Nationwide
Pink Ribbon Foundation/Hastings Direct
Royal National Lifeboat Institution/Yorkshire Building Society
Teach First/BlackRock

Winner: Citizens UK/KPMG.
“A real combination of providing resources, pro bono services, and building on the core capabilities of the corporate partner throughout: the campaign stands to make a huge impact on both policy and practice across the UK corporate sector.”

Cross-sector Partnership of the Year
Action Against Hunger/ The Department for International Development
The Prince's Trust/Zurich Community Trust
Care Quality Commission/Choice Support
Body & Soul/St George’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals
The Brain Tumour Charity/The University of Nottingham/The RCPCH/The Health Foundation
London Citizens/Mayor of London

Winner: Brain Tumour Society/CBTRC University of Nottingham, RCPCH, Health Foundation
“An outstanding partnership making a real impact through crucial early diagnosis of brain tumours: it was a thoroughly researched, well-planned and innovative project to engage professionals as well as raise public awareness.”

Highly Commended: London Citizens/ Mayor of London
‘Deserves special praise as a campaign which has really permeated the public consciousness and benefited 45,000 people through community action.’

Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year
StreetGames UK/Coca-Cola Great Britain
British Red Cross/Land Rover
The Lloyds Scholars Programme
Cancer Research UK/Beiersdorf

Highly commended: British Red Cross/ Land Rover
“A genuinely remarkable effort from the company and staff.”

Best use of Technology
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
The Fcancer Project
Listening Books
Breakthough Breast Cancer
Heroix/Blackbaud
EMMAUS Gloucestershire

Winner: Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN): #TechnologyMeans
“An integrated and truly responsive use of digital platforms enabled this organisation to deliver its key messages with clarity and precision.”

Winner: Quilter
“A solid background in managing charity investment, an emphasis on the regional and local accessibility of services, and a commitment to putting investment management behind the charity´s long term objectives.”

Consultancy of the Year
Broadway’s Real People
Crowe Clark Whitehill
International Fundraising Consultancy
TPP Not for Profit
Premier
Roots Human Resources CIC
Ruthless Research

Winner: Broadway's Real People for Consultancy of the Year
“A very professional HR consultancy and training provider, with a wealth of useful content and interesting discussion available for free alongside the highly-rated services.”

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